Chapter 191: Chapter 179 Accompanying the Crown Prince in Studying_l
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or Zhou left with a woebegone face.
Not a few people at the music composing department on the ninth floor noticed that there was something wrong with Ol* Zhou’s demeanor as he left.
What was going on?
He had merely had a chat with Mr. Lin, so why did it feel like the big boss Zhou was about to break into tears?
Of course, no one understood the reasons behind it.
Instead of returning to his office, 01′ Zhou went directly to the top floor and knocked on the Chairman’s door.
“Come in.”
A commanding voice came from inside.
After stepping inside, 01′ Zhou took a deep breath and said, “There’s a
problem.”
“What happened?”
Li Songhua furrowed his brows: “Is there a problem in the film department?”
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01′ Zhou shook his head: “Xian Yu wants to make a movie…”
Li Songhua arched an eyebrow: “You didn’t refuse?
“I couldn’t refuse. When Thunderbolt Entertainment called Xian Yu, I was sitting right across from him. Even though the odds are that Xian Yu probably won’t switch companies, I really didn’t dare to gamble!” 01′ Zhou felt his blood pressure rising.
Of course, part of it was an act.
If he didn’t act agitated, how would his boss understand his predicament?
Li Songhua kept silent for three seconds and then said: “Let him have his fun.’ With these words from Li Songhua, 01’ Zhou felt a little better: “Shall I keep the budget a little tight? I didn’t quite understand the content of the script, but I think the investment should be minimal. The film department can…”
“I’ll take care of it.”
Li Songhua, feeling somewhat exasperated, said: “Consider it as them tutoring the Crown Prince. Let Xian Yu use the idle staff. If he wants to make a fuss, let him do it. Our work focus can’t be disrupted. ‘Thunderstorm’ is our company’s first movie. If this movie is successful, let him tinker around the edges as he pleases.”
You’ve got a way of seeing the big picture.”
01′ Zhou gave a thumbs up.
Since the company’s top leader had given a nod, it was not 01′ Zhou’s responsibility to bear the consequences of this matter.
He only needed to try his best to minimize Lin Yuan’s expenses.
Moreover, Lin Yuan shouldn’t be able to create too much of a havoc in reality. Because the company has planned a movie named ‘Thunderstorm’, which is about to enter the shooting stage.
The investment cost of this movie is in the hundreds of millions, which may even increase later.
Almost half of the film department at Starlight is revolving around this movie.
The remaining resources, both money and manpower, are quite limited.
At most they could barely put together a small crew to let Lin Yuan play around with.
Let him enjoy himself.
“I got to leave now. This kid is spoiled these days…” 01′ Zhou mumbled as he left.
Li Songhua glanced at his retreating figure: “Stop acting, I am not going to give you a bonus.”
01′ Zhou paused in his tracks, coughed once, and quickly took his leave.
From a distance, Li Songhua reminded: “Keep the costs within ten million.”
“Got it.”
OF Zhou quickly agreed.
in simple terms, the company intended to spend several million, or even ten million, to make Xian Yu happy. If little Maestro was happy, he would naturally not go to other companies.
The market was quite turbulent recently.
Sand Sea was an example of what could go wrong.
Someone like Maestro could up and leave just like that.
What if Xian Yu got upset and went to other companies?
That loss wouldn’t just be a matter of several hundred or thousand grand. The company was very clear about this part.
So, 01′ Zhou let Xian Yu have his fun.
After all, Li Songhua was prepared for any investment to be a sunk cost.
just because 01′ Zhou was clear about it, doesn’t mean everyone else was.
As soon as the directors in the film department heard that a certain representative from the music composition department wanted to make a film, the majority of them objected vehemently!
“Are you kidding me?”
“People from the composition department want to make a movie?
“Isn’t this leap a little too big for someone switching to another field?’
“Our company’s film department has just been established and cannot stand such a toss.”
“The entire film department is revolving around the ‘Thunderstorm’ project right now. How are we going to manage another project in addition to that?”
01′ Zhou said solemnly: “The Chairman has agreed.”
These words shut everyone up instantly.
Everyone wisely closed their mouths.
This is why 01′ Zhou first went to talk to the chairman. As long as the chairman approves, there won’t be any obstacles.
A middle-level executive lamented, “We would shoot, the problem is, everyone now wants to join Director Du and Author Zhang s team….
Director Du is Du An, and Author Zhang is Zhang Yu.
The former is a top-tier director in Qi Continent, and the latter is a top-tier screenplay writer.
Both of them are heavyweights in the film and television industry, poached with great difficulty by Starlight. “Thunderstorm” is the collaborative work of these two core team members.
On the film side, anyone with a bit of ability wants to join their team.
Over this issue, the newly formed film department has been almost at each other’s throats recently.
At this point, establishing another team for Lin Yuan might not be welcomed by many.
“No problem.”
01′ Zhou said, “Let the two big shots pick first, and cram the leftover people into Lin Yuan’s team. We’ve brought so many people over, at least their basic professional skills are there.”
Someone said, “I’m afraid they wouldn’t want to…”
01′ Zhou glared, “Whoever dares to refuse, I will have a talk with them!
No one spoke again.
After a while, someone finally said, “What about the investment…”
or Zhou waved his hand, “Let me make a call.”
He went to another room and called Lin Yuan: “We can shoot your script, but the investment might not be very high.”
“How much could it be?”
“Probably several million.”
“What about nine million?”
“This…”
Lin Yuan said, “Isn’t it several million?”
Old Zhou:”…”
Two million can also be considered several million.
Nine million can also be considered several million.
You are directly asking for the maximum limit in one breath?
He tried hard to remain calm, after all, he had already asked the chairman: “Okay, I will try, nine million, but there won’t be more money later. The company will not give you additional investment!
“Oh.”
Lin Yuan was satisfied with nine million.
Although he wasn’t very familiar with the market, he could roughly estimate the cost of “Flirting Scholar.”
“Then that’s it.”
“Wait, there’s one more thing.”
01′ Zhou’s heart skipped a beat: “What?”
Lin Yuan replied: “Don’t change my script.”
Ol’ Zhou forced a smile: “We won’t change it. Who dares to want to change such a world-shaking masterpiece, they have to pass me first!”
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
After 01′ Zhou hung up the phone, he wiped the sweat from his forehead like he’d just fought a battle, and then he adjusted his mood before returning to the conference room: “We’ve agreed on an investment of nine million for this project.”
The group sighed in relief.
Everyone understood the reality.
To put it bluntly, this project is clearly just for the representative of the music department to toy with, which shows that this representative has quite a high status in the company.
However, nine million is not much…
Compared to “Thunderstorm,” which could potentially cost hundreds of millions, nine million is but a drop in the bucket, nearly negligible.
“Just let him play with it.”
The deputy director of the film department said helplessly: “When will the script be delivered? Although it’s fooling around, we should also do our part.”
“The script can not be changed.”
01′ Zhou said, “It’s set.”
Everyone looked at 01′ Zhou together, with complicated expressions. Finally, a mid-level executive who was quite familiar with 01′ Zhou quietly asked: “Is this representative from the music department the son of the chairman?”
Most of these people don’t understand music, so naturally they don’t understand the significance of Xian Yu to Starlight.
01′ Zhou understood everyone’s thoughts.
He waved his hand again and said, “Just treat him as the prince of Starlight, serve him well. It’s the nature of children to love to play, I wouldn’t want to catch anyone speaking nonsense behind his back.”
Everyone smirked.
Even if they wanted to talk, they wouldn’t dare. At most, they’d make a few snide comments privately.
The chairman even let this guy fool around, which shows his position in the company. He is definitely not someone ordinary people can afford to mess with
Seems like we’re just accompanying the prince in reading.